About Silk Sisters

All Silk Sisters styles are valu­able basics in your ward­ro­be. They are based on long-las­ting, cross-sea­so­nal designs that work regard­less of sea­son, trend or occa­si­on, and that you can mix and match with your exis­ting ward­ro­be year after year. Our designs are timeless clas­sics that distance them­sel­ves from the widespread fast-fashion system.

Con­cei­ved by women, crea­ted by women, made for women — SILK SISTERS is a label that cele­bra­tes femi­nin­i­ty in its very name.

Our collec­tions are manu­fac­tu­red in small fac­to­ries in Por­tu­gal and the Czech Repu­blic that we know per­so­nal­ly. We make sure that all fema­le employees have regu­la­ted working hours, are cove­r­ed by social insuran­ce, recei­ve fair wages and can thus sup­port their fami­lies. We attach gre­at impor­t­ance to fair working con­di­ti­ons and sup­port the fema­le for­ces invol­ved in the crea­ti­on of our blou­ses and dres­ses. Becau­se the “Sisters” in our name stands for the fema­le power behind every sin­gle design: women deter­mi­ne the Silk Sisters blou­ses from the design to the finis­hed model, which you can buy from us in the online shop or from our nume­rous retailers.

Every Silk Sisters blou­se and dress is a pro­duct with a lot of heart and soul, crea­ted by women for women — and you can feel it when you wear it!

What makes a garment a favou­rite? Is it a beau­ti­ful, high-qua­li­ty fab­ric, the per­fect fit, beau­ti­ful colours, pret­ty details, good com­bina­bi­li­ty? Pro­bab­ly all of the­se things tog­e­ther. But if you real­ly feel good in your blou­se, then know­ledge about its ori­gin and the indi­vi­du­al fac­tors of its crea­ti­on also play an important role. Whe­re do the raw mate­ri­als come from, who pro­ces­sed them and under what conditions?
With our fashion label Silk Sisters, we pur­sue a holistic, honest approach and open communication.

Sus­taina­bi­li­ty is not an arbi­tra­ry term for us — it is our way of thin­king, our cul­tu­re, our lifestyle.

We pay atten­ti­on to the eco­lo­gi­cal foot­print of our pro­ducts and select our pro­du­cers accord­ing to envi­ron­men­tal, resour­ce-saving and social cri­te­ria. We only use natu­ral and bio­de­grad­able fab­rics such as orga­nic cot­ton, Euro­pean linen, pure silk or vegan fab­rics like lyo­cell or modal. Of cour­se, we use plastic-free and recy­clab­le packaging.

Mel Nien­aber, foun­der and desi­gner of Silk Sisters: “It fills me with gra­ti­tu­de every day that I can com­bi­ne two fun­da­men­tal aspects in my work: crea­ti­vi­ty and sus­taina­bi­li­ty. This is a gift for me as a desi­gner that I want to share with all my sisters.”